Location: Mount Pleasant, MI
Founded: 1892
Enrollment: 24,735 (2005)
Website: http://www.cmich.edu/

Central Michigan University is a nationally distinguished institution of higher education that enrolls more than 28,000 students and offers more than 200 programs at the bachelor’s, master’s, specialist’s, and doctoral levels.

CMU’s Mount Pleasant campus is home to close to 20,000 students, including a freshman class with a cumulative 3.36 grade point average. Off campus, CMU operates one of the largest extended learning programs in North America, educating more than 8,600 students at 60 centers in Michigan and across the continent. CMU ranks among the top universities in the nation in the number of degrees awarded to underrepresented groups.

The Carnegie Foundation recognizes CMU as a doctoral/research-intensive university that offers a wide range of baccalaureate and graduate programs and supports significant faculty and student research, scholarship, and creative work. The university’s dedicated faculty directly involves students in real-world learning, performance, and career preparation.

The quality and variety of CMU’s academic and extracurricular activities reflect the university’s responsiveness to the educational, social, and ethical needs of its students and the society they will serve upon graduation. Many of the university’s academic programs emphasize an interdisciplinary approach to learning that provides students with broad experiences and career flexibility.

CMU offers students their choice of 27 degrees through eight academic divisions:

• College of Business Administration

• College of Communication and Fine Arts

• College of Education and Human Services

• College of Extended Learning

• College of Graduate Studies

• College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences

• College of Science and Technology

• The Herbert H. And Grace A. Dow College of Health Professions

Dedicated faculty provide opportunities for active learning

At the heart of CMU’s success is its outstanding faculty. CMU professors bring an excitement to the classroom that is complemented by scientific research, scholarship, and artistic endeavors of national and international significance.

CMU students prepare for careers through applied learning and career experiences. Among respondents to the annual Career Services survey of graduates, 54 percent said they completed internships and cooperative work experiences. Eighty-two percent of students reported they found jobs in their fields or were accepted into graduate or professional programs, despite an unfavorable labor market.

Many CMU students also become involved through leadership training, community service, international study, and membership in more than 200 on-campus professional clubs and student organizations.

Relevant programs and partnerships

CMU’s commitment to educate students for success in a competitive and evolving job market involves progressively developing and fine-tuning interdisciplinary and niche-area programs. The university recently added new programs in mechanical and electrical engineering, entrepreneurship, environmental studies, physician assistant, social work, and middle-level education. At the doctoral level, CMU expanded offerings to include health administration and online programs in educational administration and audiology.

CMU’s many innovative educational and research partnerships provide students with real-world career experiences and opportunities to help serve emerging needs in society. A few of many examples:

• The university’s Center for Applied Research and Technology provides an environment for students to work alongside world-renowned researchers and prospective employers on groundbreaking biotechnology research.

• The SAP University Alliance trains business students in the most sophisticated business software in the world.

• The Software Engineering and Information Technology Institute provides an environment for students to collaborate with faculty and global leaders in component-based software development.

• The Michigan Water Research Center involves biology students in assisting public and private organizations with advanced laboratory and water research services.

• The Rural Telehealth and Community Education Network enables health professions students to provide interactive digital and audio/video health care resources to underserved rural populations throughout Michigan.

• The Center for Supply Chain Management supports Michigan’s manufacturing community by offering the services of CMU’s faculty and student in the areas of supply chain management research, consulting, and training.

Resources for students

CMU offers many scholarship programs for top achievers. The Board of Trustees Honors Scholarship is awarded to all high school seniors with grade point averages of 3.5 and ACT scores of 20 or higher. In addition, close to 100 scholarships are awarded each year to students with leadership and multicultural advancement potential. Community college students with as few as 30 credits and grade point averages of 3.3 or higher receive transfer scholarships. Top international and Midwestern students qualify for in-state tuition rates.

CMU offers students exceptional facilities in which to learn, including new health, library, music, business, student activity, and indoor athletic buildings. Recently completed projects include:

• Health Professions Building. This 176,000 square-foot facility unites CMU’s reputable health care programs in one technologically advanced environment.

• Charles V. Park Library. This newly remodeled and expanded 307,000 square-foot technological information center offers more than 400 public computer workstations and 300 high-speed network connections for laptops.

• Residence halls. Three new halls increased accommodations for the growing on-campus student population to nearly 6,000 rooms.

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